Julia Bryzgalina is the Director of Leasing at the Wall Street branch at Platinum Properties. A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Bryzgalina completed her higher education in the U.K. before moving to the United States in 2006 to pursue a bachelor’s degree at Yale University. Tri-lingual Bryzgalina is fluent in English, Russian, and French. Bryzgalina joined Platinum Properties as an agent in 2010, after graduating from Yale with a double-major degree in Economics and Psychology. Starting out, she learned ins and outs of New York’s housing industry and gained insight into the rental and sales niche markets of the city’s neighborhoods. “Manhattan boasts one of the most dynamic real estate markets in the world – it attracts a wide variety of people, all on the lookout for the best properties,” Bryzgalina said. “I love creating relationships with clients, and really enjoy solving problems because, at the end of the day, my clients are looking for a solution to a very important problem – finding the perfect home in a city as big as New York.” Having fit right into Platinum, a young company that functions as a tightly-knit team, Bryzgalina focuses on carefully listening to and fully understanding her clients. As a broker who is not looking to just make a quick sale, she offers honesty and diligence in the hunt for a perfect home that addresses all her clients’ needs. After a wildly successful run as a broker, the consummate hard worker was promoted to Director of Leasing – a position that involves hiring, training and managing new agents, while overseeing existing agents and keeping them up to speed with Manhattan’s dynamic real estate market. Moving forward, Bryzgalina has her eyes set on becoming Platinum’s Director of Sales and Leasing, which would involve overseeing all the company’s sales and rental transactions at the same time. In terms of hobbies, Bryzgalina enjoys shooting pistols, cooking, playing table tennis, and spending quality time with her close friends and family.